mjpeakeART

Information for my Blog Viewers

Something new is happening with the on-line displaying of my artwork.
I am going to start using my blog to show my work in progess. You can see my studies in pencil, or my pastel contour drawing, prior to my applying any pastel. You may watch the underpainting and the overpainting as they are unfolding.
As I work, I may find something that needs to be changed--maybe the composition wasn't quite right in the contour drawing or the colors weren't working. You will be able to see where changes were made as part of my process.
I will post a number of photos to show the evolution of my painting, with the last photo representing the "almost complete" one. The finished piece will be shown on my new website: www.mjpeake.com.
Please check that one out as well! And thank you!
Matt Peake

Labels: Bearing Fruit, landscape, Miscellaneous Works, mobiles, Nude Studies, Overlooks, Portraits, Sittings, Still-lifes, Winter Solstice

New Posts...finding your way around my blog

Periodically, I add to my blog with new pieces, many of which are part of my several ongoing series. To see all of a category of work, simply click on the label you desire: Bearing Fruit, Landscape, Mobiles, Miscellaneous Works, Nude Studies, Overlooks, Portraits, Sittings, and Winter Solstice. Please feel free to leave a comment!

Matt Peake

Labels: Bearing Fruit, landscape, Miscellaneous Works, mobiles, Nude Studies, Overlooks, Portraits, Sittings, Winter Solstice

Mobiles: Artist Statement

Naum Gabo, the Russian artist, is credited with inventing the mobile in the early 1920s, with his depiction of the volume of a figure without carrying its mass. A few years later, in the late 1920s, American artist, Alexander Calder, further developed the idea of a kinetic assemblage that sculpted space. Marcel Duchamp coined the term, "mobile" in 1931 when he viewed Calder's work.

My experience with mobiles began in the 1970s while studying design in college. I have been more attracted to the form because it adds the dimension of time to the 2D and 3D genres, and leads to a multiplicity of ways of dealing with the human figure.

Labels: mobiles